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NOW Music proudly presents NOW - 80s Alternative: 30 tracks across 2 LPs, pressed on stunning pink vinyl - encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for 'Alternative' music. LP1's first side showcases this diversity: Kicking off with Eurythmics stunning 'Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)', and Propaganda's magnificent debut 'Dr. Mabuse', before The B-52's bring U.S. New Wave with 'Planet Claire'. Post-Punk Pop exploded on the charts of the early 80s, and The Associates and The Stranglers feature, as do The Adventures 'Broken Land' and Marc Almond's 'Stories Of Johnny' - both amazing songs. That calibre of song writing is continued on the second side with Tom Robinson's 'Atmospherics...' and the Elvis Costello co-write 'Shipbuilding', beautifully realised by Robert Wyatt. Next up is the understated classic 'I'm In Love With A German Film Star' from The Passions, leading into Synth-Pop from Yello, Midge Ure & Mick Karn, Japan and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii & The Sunsetz. LP1 fittingly closes with defining U.S. New Wave smash 'Whip It' from DEVO. The epic 'This Corrosion' from Sisters Of Mercy starts LP 2 in grandiose style, followed by atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus and The Cure. The debut hit from Bjork's band The Sugarcubes with 'Birthday' follows, before David Sylvian's 'Pop Song', and 'Flowers' from Zaine Griff (featuring Kate Bush on backing vocals). The final side opens with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with 'Hand In Glove'. Timeless hits from Aztec Camera and the Pretenders lead to R.E.M., the Pixies and The Psychedelic Furs representing the U.S. Alt scene, and the collection draws to a close with The Cult's 'Edie (Ciao Baby)', and The Clash's commentary on the era 'This Is England'. NOW - 80s Alternative - A celebration of a different view of the decade's charts - the lesser-compiled 1980's singles.
Title: Now 80s Alternative
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 23 Jun 2023
Artist: Various
Sku: 2840393
Catalogue No: UNUK8800881.1
Category: Rock/Pop
DISC 1
Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)
Dr. Mabuse
Planet Claire
Party Fears Two (Single Edit)
Stories Of Johnny
Broken Land (7" Version)
European Female
Shipbuilding
Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
I'm In Love With A German Film Star
After A Fashion (7" Version)
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Edit)
Dreams Of Immigrants
Vicious Games
Whip It
This Corrosion
Peek-A-Boo
Kick In The Eye (Remix Single Version)
A Forest (Shortened Edit)
Birthday
Pop Song
Flowers
Hand In Glove (Single Version)
Oblivious
Talk Of The Town
So. Central Rain
Monkey Gone To Heaven
President Gas
Edie (Ciao Baby) (Edit)
This Is England
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